Credit Analyst

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Responsible for managing global credit and collections while ensuring the timely recovery of outstanding payments and fostering strong relationships with partners and distributors.
About Us Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com. Role Summary Responsible for global credit and collections, cash application, and other ad hoc tasks Shift - UK Shift hours What you will do
  • Responsible for collecting outstanding debt for global distributor accounts
  • To ensure outstanding payments are collected in a timely manner
  • Posting incoming payments
  • Cash Forecasting
  • Bank reconciliations.
  • Monitoring the Credit Control inbox daily 
  • Creating Partner & Distributor accounts in Salesforce and SAP 
  • Sending out invoices/credit notes, monthly statements, and final demands for payments.
  • Develop key relationships with partners and distributors to ensure timely payment of invoices.
  • Set up and initiate meetings with partners and distributors to resolve any issues relating to the maximisation of cash collection. 
  • Conduct regular credit analysis to assess customers credit worthiness.
  • Dealing with partner and distributor queries
  • Liaising with the Sales and Order Processing teams regarding queries, credit accounts, and order disputes. 
  • Any other duties that are reasonably required from time to time.
  • Help the team achieve DSO targets set
  • Recovery of outstanding Debt:
  • Chasing outstanding debt via telephone & email
  • Recovery of outstanding debt
  • Overseeing a large volume of debtors globally 
  • Support credit control team to help achieve monthly collection & DSO targets.
  • Other Ad hoc duties
  • What you will bring
  • Credit control experience – business to business
  • Superb communication skills / inter-personal skills and influencing skills
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • SAP and Salesforce experience
  • Excel proficient
  • Excellent customer service – including written and telephone
  • General administrative skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Attention to detail
  • Self-motivated and wishing to make a difference.
  • Team player
  • Fast learner
  • Organised
  • Zuora
  • Cash Analytics
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    What's Great About Sophos?
    ·   Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
    ·   Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
    ·   Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
    ·   Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
    ·   Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
    ·   Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
    ·   Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge 
    ·   Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

    Our Commitment To You
    We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity.   We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team.  All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation.  We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. 

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